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Section 4 of the 14th amendment gives the president the authority to pay all debts of the United States. That prevents the need for a debt ceiling raise.
Section 4 of the 14th amendment gives the president the authority to pay all debts of the United States. That prevents the need for a debt ceiling raise.
As I read it we can't question the validity of the national debt. So the debts are defacto valid.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
So all we have to say is that the current national debt is a form of insurrection and it is null and void. Hmmm.
As I read it we can't question the validity of the national debt. So the debts are defacto valid.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
So all we have to say is that the current national debt is a form of insurrection and it is null and void. Hmmm.
It says law. It doesn't say president.
The president represents the law, he executes it. The constitution forbids default, and he has all authority to execute the law.
Congress could file suit, but that would require a joint resolution. That's not happening
^Too bad the President doesn't control the purse strings - Congress does.
The money is already appropriated by Congress. The debt ceiling is about paying the bills that Congress already authorized.
If the debt ceiling is in conflict with the 14th Amend., the President is within his constitutional rights to do what he must to pay the bills that Congress authorized, even without a debt ceiling rise.
The money is already appropriated by Congress. The debt ceiling is about paying the bills that Congress already authorized.
If the debt ceiling is in conflict with the 14th Amend., the President is within his constitutional rights to do what he must to pay the bills that Congress authorized, even without a debt ceiling rise.
Then why is he wasting everyone's time with this nonsense? His response to being called to Congress should just be "I don't need to get involved because I can do what I want and pay the bills."
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